Welcome to the New SFWA Events!
For years, SFWA staged out events on events.sfwa.org, but we’re bringing our events “home” to SFWA.org for an important reason: better integration.
Instead of two separate login systems, we have one – with seamless event-access for all future ticket purchases from store.sfwa.org. Yes, this includes our Nebula Awards Conference, where in-person and virtual tickets close on Tuesday, May 26 at 11:59 P.M. PDT!
And instead of having events “stuck” on just one page, we now have an interface that allows us to promote the work of our volunteers and their presenters all across the website. This means that committee and project teams will have upcoming events front and center on their main pages, right next to deep dives into relevant creative topics.
Best of all? You can now add events to your personal User Profile. If you’re logged in, click on an event in our calendar to have it pop up for review, or use the dashboard below the calendar for more targeted searches by committee of origin or event type.
If “ADD TO MISSION LOG” isn’t visible, click on the title to see the event card’s full view. Check that box, and the event will show up on your dashboard feed below, and under “Mission Log” on your profile page. Once an event has concluded, it will stay in your archive for later review.
You will also note that SFWA now finally shows local time for events on most displays. (Hello, 21st Century!) If you have a VPN turned on, your experience may vary, but we hope this improves your Nebula conference this year, and all other events via SFWA.org.
Thank you for growing with us! It’s been a wild ride, and your support through these technical transformations has meant the world to our team. Check back soon for news about a proper Open House to provide more insight into this and other recent changes here on SFWA.org.
A Writing Date is basically productivity through peer pressure and honestly, any co-working is welcome.
A Writing Date is basically productivity through peer pressure and honestly, any co-working is welcome. This week, we welcome Guest Host J.R. Dawson to the fold.
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The devil's in the details, and that's especially true when you're about to sign a contract with your publisher. SFWA contracts expert Michael Capobianco walks you through what a good contract should look like, pitfalls to be wary of, and when you should push back before signing away the rights to your story. Don't let the contract process break you.
Indie authors answer to no one but their own writer imaginations. Our panel of seasoned indies will show you how to take advantage of that independence to build worlds and craft stories that will transfix audiences and carry them into places that trad publishing doesn't dare to go.
Panel on science accuracy.
More and more SFF authors are turning to poetry as a way to express themselves and to build new worlds. Four of our 2026 Nebula Finalists in poetry come together to talk about the genre, and to share their insights and methods for crafting spec fic poems.
Want to follow your dream and just write? The folks at the Speculative Literature Foundation (SLF) have cooked up a hands-on informational panel on applying for (and scoring!) grants that let authors and other creatives focus on what's the most important - actually creating!
Our last event of the night is an online affair, where our panelists will guide you through the challenging but potentially rewarding world of social media for writers. Find out which platforms work best for authors today, and the tips and tricks to getting the most out of them for you and your books.
You don't have to do it alone. 2026 Nebula Finalist Wole Talebi (Descent) is part of a stellar panel to discuss building worlds with others for group projects - how does it work? How do you make sure your own ideas get heard? How should group world building be structured to reduce friction and encourage shared creativity?
If you love poetry and you adore speculative fiction, you won't want to miss this panel including some of the best up and coming SFF poets! Four 2026 Nebula Finalists will meet to discuss the state of spec fic poetry today, and to compare and contrast their own styles and methods for writing it.
Writing a novel and writing for a game both involve crafting detailed worlds that your audience will love, but the similarities end there. Our panel, including Nebula Finalist Greg Kasavin (Hades II), will discuss how game writing differs from other narrative storytelling forms, and how to pack the most punch into a game's limited prose.
Panel on magazines and markets.